Herbicides

Herbicide cross-resistance in grass weeds: why testing is essential

Knowing the type of resistant populations present is essential for adopting a site-specific containment programme, including drastic actions, writes Vijaya Bhaskar of Teagasc.

CROP PROTECTION 10 April 2026

Herbicide cross-resistance in grass weeds: why testing is essential

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Tillage Management: sowing, temperatures, fertiliser and fungicides

Tillage Management: sowing, temperatures, fertiliser and fungicides

HUSBANDRY 8 April 2026

Rain continues to break up spring sowing campaign

Rain continues to break up spring sowing campaign

NEWS 1 April 2026

Tillage Management: patience key as farmers wait for fields to dry out

Tillage Management: patience key as farmers wait for fields to dry out

Tillage Management: patience key as farmers wait for fields to dry out

HUSBANDRY 18 March 2026

Tillage Management: herbicide options for when the weather turns

Tillage Management: herbicide options for when the weather turns

Tillage Management: herbicide options for when the weather turns

HUSBANDRY 18 February 2026

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Pre-emergence herbicides crucial for grass weed control

Pre-emergence herbicides crucial for grass weed control

A weeds workshop at the National Tillage Conference was told that UK farmers will no longer plant winter wheat if they cannot apply a pre-emergence herbicide due to the threat of grass weeds.

NEWS 10 December 2025

Blackgrass and its unlikely sources prove costly

Blackgrass and its unlikely sources prove costly

Blackgrass came onto this English farmers farm from numerous sources and his quick action prevented a bad problem from getting worse.

CROPS 10 December 2025

Rye brome confirmed as first ALS-resistant species in Ireland

Rye brome confirmed as first ALS-resistant species in Ireland

Vigilance is key, as Teagasc’s Vijaya Bhaskar highlights the first detection of ALS-resistant rye brome in Irish tillage and stresses the need for close monitoring.

NEWS 10 December 2025

Tillage Management: good conditions and catching up on spraying

Tillage Management: good conditions and catching up on spraying

Weather at the end of December and into the new year provided good conditions for field work for tillage farmers.

HUSBANDRY 10 December 2025

Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley

Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley

Vijaya Bhaskar, a Teagasc grass weed researcher, and John Pettit, a Teagasc tillage advisor, outline the growing scale of wild oat resistance to herbicides and management strategies to adopt.

NEWS 10 December 2025

55 calls to national poisons centre from agricultural workplaces

55 calls to national poisons centre from agricultural workplaces

Overall, agricultural products such as pesticides and herbicides accounted for 233 poisoning enquiries to the centre.

NEWS 10 December 2025

Tillage Management: nitrates, weather and herbicides

Tillage Management: nitrates, weather and herbicides

New nitrates rules are mainly positive for tillage farmers with some restrictions on manures applied in the autumn time.

HUSBANDRY 10 December 2025

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Get more heifers in-calf, earlier – with synchronisation and fixed-time AI

If you are looking to tighten your calving pattern, take a page from the Hession brothers outside Tuam, Co Galway.

Get more heifers in-calf, earlier – with synchronisation and fixed-time AI

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